- Semicolons - require complete thoughts on both sides of the semicolon - generally closely related sentences. For example: "The teacher was irritated by losing class time to the fire drill; the students appreciated it."
- Literary present tense - always write about lit in the present tense - for example, Julius Caesar is always being stabbed on the Ides of March in Shakespeare's play.
- "This," used alone, is not acceptable in intelligent writing.
Joe often makes frustrated and bored fidgeting movements during class; this irritates Mrs. Izzo to no end.
instead: "such disrespect"
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Style
Eliminating Wordiness
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- Semicolons - require complete thoughts on both sides of the semicolon - generally closely related sentences. For example: "The teacher was irritated by losing class time to the fire drill; the students appreciated it."
- Literary present tense - always write about lit in the present tense - for example, Julius Caesar is always being stabbed on the Ides of March in Shakespeare's play.
- "This," used alone, is not acceptable in intelligent writing.
Joe often makes frustrated and bored fidgeting movements during class; this irritates Mrs. Izzo to no end.
instead: "such disrespect"